Just got a look at the Winter2016 edition of the BWJ containing a well crafted story "Older & Wiser" by our very own Jim Carrier.  WELL DONE.

Also, thanks for the kind words ... more than happy to be along for the ride.  I figure that any contribution I made on this trip was just an installment on long overdue payback.

Thanks again, my friend!

dd

Buy it on the newsstand. Renew your subscription.

Without going into details, I don't WANT to renew my subscription JUST to read an article by ANY QJ member as good as it maybe.

Maybe buying ONE issue is an option, I'll look into it.

TomT -

Strangely enough, it's the person that is credited for taking the picture!  Some pretty tricky camera work there, eh?

Alas, our buddy Stu is sometimes a little lax re: specific requests (ie. "Stu, please ensure Wayne gets credit for any pics used.").

It's the second time that has happened to me in the BWJ... BOTH times involving a pic of me!  Years ago Stu ran an account of my first canoe trip to Woodland Caribou.  There's a pic of me in that one, too... credited, once again, to "me."  That's despite my specific request that my son, Benjamin, get his due recognition.

Truly, DD took some great pics on this trip, including two others which I felt should have been put into the article (& neither was).  One involved the giant turtles that patrolled our campsite on Cirrus Lake.  Another concerned a simple white hat full of gorgeous, freshly-picked blueberries... a pic almost as delicious as our pancakes the next morning!

The past year of canoe tripping was pretty tough on me.  Fellow QJer's DentonDoc &, later, MagicPaddler (during a later storm-wracked trip in September) were both incredibly tolerant & supportive, making it possible for me to have two very enjoyable experiences during a period when most folks were telling me it wasn't going to be possible due to surgery.

Debility related to this "aging" thing can be a real downer if we allow it to be so.  Exercising a little care along the way, I'll at least go down kicking... which I expect to be some years off, yet!

Later,

Jimbo   

DentonDoc wrote on Dec 30^th, 2016 at 6:37am:


I read that article. Good story and thanks for putting it in there gents! I told my kids that fellow paddle friends had gone to Cirrus "but did not find our secret campsite"